India is soon expected to launch the Bharat Semiconductor Research Center, a global standard academia-government-private sector-start-up partnered institution, said Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Monday. He said this while making a virtual address at the inaugural session of the All India Research Scholars’ Summit (AIRSS) 2024 at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT).
India’s Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday expressed concern over the potential violation of Indian IT laws by Google’s Gemini AI chatbot. His reaction comes after users on the social media platform X posted Gemini AI responses regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other well-known political figures from other countries.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, who was an opening keynote speaker at the Global Indian Technology Professionals Association (GITPRO) World 2023, told the Silicon Valley technologist, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists as well as startups that through you and for all of those who have your own networks and ability to influence, that India is certainly a place that they should look at starting something, doing something India-based.
The tech sector partnership between India and the US, announced last week during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic state visit, will turbocharge tech ecosystems in both the countries, accelerating the pace of innovation in critical emerging technologies for mutual and global benefit, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT.
India is committed to helping startups get over the crisis triggered by the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar spoke to more than 450 startups, owned or co-owned by Indians, Venture Capitalists (VCs), Industry leaders, and others stakeholders on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank through video conferencing from New Delhi on March 14.
India’s federal minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said he will meet Indian startups this week to understand the impact of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse on them and how the government can help during the crisis.
The Apple ecosystem employed over 150,000 people directly since the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme was approved in 2021, making it the country’s largest blue-collar job creator, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said on Monday.
The Indian government on Tuesday said it is working on a draft regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) by June-July this year, amid concerns over a rise in deepfakes and user harm associated with the new technology. Addressing a Nasscom event in New Delhi, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said the government is working on a draft AI regulation framework and will release it soon.
New information technology (IT) rules are expected to be notified next week, said India’s Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, amid rising cases of deepfake menace, with its latest victim being the cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
India’s Information Technology Ministry will issue advisories to social media intermediaries in the next two days on ensuring 100 per cent compliance on tackling deepfakes and spread of misinformation on their respective platforms, Minister of State for Electronics and IT (MEITY) Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday.
The Indian government on Friday gave a seven-day deadline to social media platforms to tweak their policies as per Indian regulations in order to address the spread of deepfakes on their platforms. Deepfakes could be subject to action under the current IT Rules, particularly Rule 3(1)(b), which mandates the removal of 12 types of content within 24 hours of receiving user complaints, said Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
India’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and IBM entered into a partnership to collaborate in quantum computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors to shape the future. IBM signed MoUs with the Government of India on Semiconductors, AI and Quantum, on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics & Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar was present at the occasion.
A flight carrying the first batch of Indians that were stranded in Israel amid the country’s ongoing war with Hamas, landed in New Delhi on Friday morning IST as part of ‘Operation Ajay’. The Indian nationals (pictured above; photo courtesy IANS) were welcomed by Union information and technology minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He also interacted with some of the returning students.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first Semicon India 2022 Conference in Bengaluru on April 29, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced on Monday.
India has been tipped to be one of the prime players in the semiconductor industry, which has witnessed an unprecedented growth in the last decade. Riding on the artificial intelligence (AI) wave, the sector is set to become a $1 trillion industry by 2030.
Speaking about the growth of semiconductor sector, Ajit Manocha, President and CEO of SEMI — headquartered in Milpitas, California, United States — highlighted India’s potential in the industry as the company is gearing to host its first global conference — SEMICON India 2024 — from September 11 to 13, 2024 at the IEML in Greater Noida, India.
New Delhi, June 4, 2024 –New Delhi, June 4, 2024 – Against all prognostications, pre-election surveys, and exit poll predictions, the Congress party-led combined opposition experienced a significant resurgence, though falling tantalizingly short as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led ruling coalition narrowly secured enough seats to form the next government.
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- The counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is currently underway, with the NDA leading the charts in early trends. As per early trends, the NDA is leading in 286 seats, while the opposition INDIA bloc is leading at 213 seats. The elections held for the 543 Lok Sabha seats […]
In a fillip to the country’s goal to become a global semiconductor hub, India’s Union Cabinet on Thursday approved chip fabrication plants by Tata Group and Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) in Dholera district, Gujarat. Tata JV will make India’s first semiconductor fab with a capacity of 50,000 wafers per month, according to Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Google on Saturday said that it has worked “quickly to address” the responses generated by its Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform Gemini regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The government on Saturday launched the ‘Digital India FutureLABS’ initiative that will enable partnerships between the government, startups, and large enterprises to foster the next-generation electronics design ecosystem, thus catalyzing the next wave of startups from the country.
The 29 member countries of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) unanimously adopted the GPAI New Delhi Declaration to enable the alliance to shape the future of AI in terms of both innovation and creating collaborative AI between the partner nations. The countries agreed to create applications of AI in healthcare, agriculture, and many other sectors.
As the Indian government takes a tough stand on AI-generated fake content, especially Deepfakes, Google on Wednesday said the company’s collaboration with the Indian government for a multi-stakeholder discussion aligns with its commitment to addressing this challenge together and ensuring a responsible approach to AI.
Justice Markandey Katju writes: A BJP member of the Indian Parliament, Nishikant Dubey, has written a letter to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha (India’s lower House of Parliament) alleging that Mahua Moitra, an MP belonging to the West Bengal based TMC, received bribes (money and gifts) from the Hiranandani business group for asking questions about the rival Adani business group in the Lok Sabha.
The BJP government came under fire over the “President of Bharat” printed on a G20 dinner invitation instead of the customary “President of India” on September 5, 2023. The invitation from President Droupadi Murmu heckled the opposition parties and the Congress claimed that the BJP is “scared” of the INDIA bloc and is diverting people’s attention from more relevant issues facing the nation like price rise and mushrooming joblessness.
The Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian Parliament) on Wednesday passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDPB), 2023 by voice vote. The Bill will now become law after President Draupadi Murmu grants her assent. From hefty penalties ranging from a minimum of ₹50 crore to a maximum of ₹250 crore on social media platforms for violating rules to enabling digital markets to grow more responsibly while safeguarding citizens’ data, the Data Protection Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament) on August 7.
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